Answered By: Steve Macilwee
Last Updated: Jul 20, 2022     Views: 13061

NOTE:  To start page numbering later in your document, you first divide the document into sections and unlink them. You then display the page numbering and choose the starting value.

 

1.    Click in the document where you want to insert the divide.
2.    Click Layout > Breaks > Next Page


 
3.    Double click in the header or footer area where you want to display page number. 
This will open the DesignTab under Header & Footer

Design tab


 

4.    Click Link to Previous to turn it off and unlink the header or footer from the previous section

Link to previous button

 

5.    Click Page Number and then pick a location and a style. For example, click Top of Page or Bottom of Page and then choose the design you like.

Page number menu
 

6.    Click Page Number > Format Page Numbers to open the Page Number Format dialog box.

Format page number menu
 

7.    To start numbering with 1, click Start at, and type 1 (otherwise, Word will automatically apply the actual page number).

Page number format menu

NOTE: To remove page numbers from the previous section, select any page number in that section to highlight it and press Delete, or right-click and choose Cut. All page numbers in that section will be deleted.

 

8.    Click OK

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